Word: vostoka
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...republic's Communist Party newspaper Zarya Vostoka, in an editorial carried in part by Tass, placed part of the blame for the bloodshed on Georgia's party leaders, saying they couldn't escape responsibility "When a political decision taken by the leadership was carried out, unfortunately, in such a way that it led to heavy moral, ethical and human losses...
...Communist Party leader to Soviet Central Asia. At Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, Gorbachev gave a speech to local party officials on such familiar problems as economic inefficiency and official corruption. But at one point his address took a distinctly unfamiliar turn. According to the Uzbek daily Pravda Vostoka, Gorbachev called for a "firm and uncompromising struggle against religious phenomena." Then he said, "We must be strict above all with Communists and senior officials, particularly those who say they defend our morality and ideals but in fact help promote backward views and themselves take part in religious ceremonies...
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